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Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000)

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French bad boy director Francois Ozon follows up on his controversial first two films Sitcom (1998) and Criminal Lovers (1999) with this adaptation of a play that legendary German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder wrote when he was 19 years old. Retaining the play's four-act structure, the first act opens with middle-aged Leopold (Bernard Giraudeau) escorting young Franz (Malick Zidi) back to his apartment. Franz, who was on his way to visit his fiancée Anna, allows himself to be picked up by

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

François Ozon

Oct 16, 2001

Zeitgeist Films

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (6) | DVD (4)

The film is very theatrical and admittedly 'staged,' but always purposefully.

January 1, 2000 Comment
Film.com
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Good for Ozon, less so for Fassbinder.

October 10, 2004 Comment
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

...though it's not exactly good, there's something oddly compelling about the whole thing...

July 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Hilarity, tragedy and a bizarre dance number ensue in this well-executed film debut.

March 4, 2003 Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | Comment
Planet Sick-Boy

It's a film that should satisfy followers of both Fassbinder and Ozon.

June 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

What first comes off as a simple satire brimming with an almost John-Waters-esque absurdity, can bear far deeper scrutiny and still not come up empty.

September 18, 2001 Full Review | Comment
PopcornQ

Franz -un adolescente de sexualidad aún no definida del todo- es seducido por un adulto en su departamento, Leopold, y después de la ...

September 4, 2001 Comment
Cinenganos
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Audience Reviews for Water Drops On Burning Rocks

This is probably the picture Anne Wheeler wanted to make, but then again she could call this "Better than Chocolate: The Sequel" I dunno... "WDOBR" is a good littel independent picture that focuses on four interesting characters who happen to have a problem dealing with love and betrayle.

September 13, 2010
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This is the most pretentious movie ever made. It's almost awe inspiring! You would have thought that during the filming someone would have said to tone it down a bit but no way! This movie is so awful that it has set back French Cinema by at least a decade... all that work by Besson, Jeunet, Caro, and the "New French

October 29, 2008

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Foreign Titles

  • Tropfen auf heiße Steine (DE)
  • Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d'eau Sur Pierres Brulantes) (UK)
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